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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 19 > U.S. ties bombing to Shiite hard-liner

U.S. ties bombing to Shiite hard-liner


June 19, 2008

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military on Wednesday accused a Shiite Muslim hard-liner of being responsible for a deadly truck bombing in Baghdad, saying he apparently was trying to provoke a new cycle of sectarian war between Shiites and Sunni Arabs.

The death toll rose to 63 in....

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